Help, the dog ate my MBR (Linux/Windows dual boot)

Hello, Something trashed my MBR. Now when I boot the PC, I get the dreaded "NON-SYSTEM DISK. PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" (or something close). My setup: PATA 120-GB HDD on IDE0 master PATA DVD reader on IDE1 master No IDE ...

Message posted on the July 22nd, 2011 - 12:45 AM ET

Dual boot Windows 2000 / XP: Installation order

Dual boot Windows 2000 / XP: Installation order.

Tips & Tricks published on the December 1st, 2001 - 6:00 PM ET

Dual boot XP / Vista - choose the primary system

This tip will allow you to choose, in the event you have a dual boot configuration with Windows XP and Windows Vista, which operating system will be the primary one.

Tips & Tricks published on the June 6th, 2007 - 7:38 AM ET

Windows 8 and UEFI: dual-boot with Linux uncertain

With Windows 8, Microsoft was promoting UEFI and a secured boot sequence. This could make dual booting systems with Linux problematic on machines that come pre-installed with Windows 8.

News published on the September 22nd, 2011 - 10:45 AM ET

PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac: use Windows programs under Linux / MacOS

PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac are two free programs which allow you to fully benefit from Wine, even if you don’t have a solid technical background. These two applications, relatively simple to use, will allow you to install or run any program ...

Review published on the April 6th, 2011 - 6:10 PM ET

Windows 8 and other OS’: MS reassures Secure Boot

For Microsoft, UEFI linked Secure Boot won’t be a problem for Windows 8.

News published on the September 23rd, 2011 - 10:45 AM ET

UEFI and Secure Boot: Canonical develops an Ubuntu key

Canonical manages an Ubuntu key for systems with UEFI Secure Boot activated. They have also announced that they will be abandoning GRUB 2 from Ubuntu 12.10.

News published on the June 25th, 2012 - 9:35 AM ET

Windows 7: Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode

You have obtained a copy of Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate? Then you are part of a group of users, professional or otherwise, who will be able to use Windows XP in virtual mode thanks to the free Microsoft Windows Virtual PC tool. Running ...

Review published on the October 20th, 2009 - 3:43 AM ET

User Data at Risk on a Windows 8 – Linux Dual-Boot System

January 11th, 2013, 15:46 GMT · By Bogdan Popa Fast Startup is one of the new features integrated into Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system that basically allows Windows to boost faster on a dual-boot configuration. [quote] The ...

Message posted on the January 14th, 2013 - 10:13 PM ET

Dual Boot Operating Systems or 'Virtual Box?'

I am presently running a dual boot system on my ThinkPad T61 with Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7300 running at 2.00 GHz with 4 GB of RAM. Ubuntu linux image 2.6.32-40 generic in i386 {32 bit]) aka 10.04 Lucid Lynx & Microsoft Windows Vista Business ...

Message posted on the April 9th, 2012 - 7:45 PM ET

dual boot windows + linux: installing windows 7 on first half of disk

Hello, I want to install a dual boot of Windows 7 and Linux on my Sony Vaio Laptop. Below is the output from fdisk. The /dev/sd5 partition has its partition type set to 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT using fdisk's t option but actually contains garbage. I need ...

Message posted on the June 7th, 2012 - 6:19 AM ET

Dual Boot of (2) Windows 7s (Now First Doesn't Show After Using One to Format Vista

I figure that since millions of Windows 7 installations on the CPP have been made, not to mention tap build s and tech beta builds, that it is appropriate to ask this question since a) It involves a former Vista on a dual boot b) MSFT has seen fit ...

Message posted on the April 2nd, 2009 - 2:15 AM ET

Dual Boot

I need to set up my new laptop to boot (dual boot) from either Win 7 Pro 64 bit or Win XP Pro 32 bit Both come with the laptop. Currently has a pristine factory install of Win 7. I am have the DVDs for a clean manufacturer's Win 7 and Win XP ...

Message posted on the December 5th, 2012 - 6:23 PM ET

GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Hi Debain Users, I'm at the final stages of Installing NOT Ubuntu but Debian 'Squeeze' on my dual-boot system. Windows is installed on the 1st hard drive (/dev/sda) and Debian will be installed on the 2nd hard drive (/dev/sdb). The installer is ...

Message posted on the October 13th, 2012 - 12:50 AM ET

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